Bill Text: NY S06921 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the provision of protective services and creates a hotline and clearinghouse for the reporting of cases involving physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, active, passive or self neglect, financial exploitation or other hazardous situations that can reasonably be expected to jeopardize the health and welfare of any individual.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-15 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S06921 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06921-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6921
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 7, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
        AN ACT to amend the  social  services  law,  in  relation  to  providing
          protective services to certain individuals
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 473 of the social services law, as
     2  amended by chapter 395 of the laws  of  1995,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    1.  In  addition  to  services  provided  by social services officials
     5  pursuant to other provisions  of  this  chapter,  such  officials  shall
     6  provide  protective  services in accordance with federal and state regu-
     7  lations to or for individuals without regard to income who[, because  of
     8  mental  or  physical  impairments,]  are  unable  to  manage  their  own
     9  resources, carry out the activities of daily living,  or  protect  them-
    10  selves  from  physical  abuse,  sexual  abuse,  emotional abuse, active,
    11  passive or self neglect, financial exploitation or other hazardous situ-
    12  ations without assistance from others and have no one available  who  is
    13  willing  and  able  to  assist  them  responsibly.  Such  services shall
    14  include:
    15    (a) receiving and investigating reports of seriously impaired individ-
    16  uals who may be in need of protection;
    17    (b) arranging for medical and psychiatric  services  to  evaluate  and
    18  whenever  possible  to  safeguard and improve the circumstances of those
    19  with serious impairments;
    20    (c) arranging, when necessary, for commitment, guardianship, or  other
    21  protective  placement  of  such  individuals  either directly or through
    22  referral to another appropriate agency, provided,  however,  that  where
    23  possible,  the  least  restrictive  of  these measures shall be employed
    24  before more restrictive controls are imposed;
    25    (d) providing services to assist such individuals to move  from  situ-
    26  ations which are, or are likely to become, hazardous to their health and
    27  well-being;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14281-01-6